Ear Science Institute Australia

Change in hearing loss and its association with general health in a community-based longitudinal study of middle-aged individuals: The Busselton healthy ageing study

Introduction With the ageing of the global population, disabling hearing loss is a major health concern. While age and sex are established determinants, the relation between general and environmental health factors and the progression of hearing loss remains incompletely understo...

Conventional Reporting Standards Conceal High‐Frequency Hearing Deficits After Favorable Ossiculoplasty

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate high-frequency hearing outcomes in ossiculoplasty cases having favorable pure-tone average outcomes within the reporting range set by current guidelines. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Multi-center tertiary care ossiculoplasty outcome re...